Africa
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- Cameroon
- Congo
- Egypt
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Ghana
- Child Sexual Abuse
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Education
- “Work come!”: GES opens recruitment portal for graduate teachers
- Agbeve R/C: Philanthropist Renovates School To ‘The Most Beautiful Public Basic School In Ghana’
- Atebubu College Of Education Students Reportedly Upset Over Generator Fee By SRC
- Fidelity Bank builds new classroom block for Abbeykope D/A Basic School
- GES grants permission for students to leave school for voter registration
- GRNMA Calls for Cancellation of certificate, Diploma Nursing Courses
- Make Teaching of Mathematics Interesting – Dr Angela Tabiri Entreats Teachers
- Physical Abuse
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Strong Room
- 2 Children Perished In Akyem Oda Tragic Fire
- 3-Year-Old Boy Dies In LilWin’s Car Crash
- Ghana’s Gyan ordered to give ex-wife houses, cars, others
- Lakeland mom writes children’s book that highlights African culture and history
- Two KNUST Students Remanded After Threatening To Leak Mate’s Sex Tape If He Doesn’t Pay Up
- VIW Discharges 18 Babies At Mamobi Hospital
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Kenya
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Education
- Homeschooling success sparks edupreneurship
- It is chaos in ill-prepared schools as second term starts after deadly floods
- Its swimming and canoe rides for Tana River children as schools open
- Maai Mahiu learners struggle as schools reopen
- Millions to miss class as school feeding funds dry up in budget
- Schools to reopen on Monday, Ruto announces
- Unique Programme Gives Hope to Out-of-School Children in Nairobi
- Humanitarian Crisis
- People And Culture
- Physical Abuse
- Sports
- Strong room
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Education
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Namibia
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Nigeria
- Arts and Entertainment
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Celebration of Children
- ‘Nestlé Equips Over 3.7m Children for the Future Annually’
- “Highest JAMB score?” UTME result of ABU lecturer’s daughter trends online
- 10-year-old girl breaks world record of longest-written novel after publishing a 58,000 words book
- 11-year-old wins monster burger challenge in Phoenix
- 12 Year-Old Nigerian Girl Gets ₦19.4 Billion Funding After Creating Air Filter Capable Of Removing 99% Of Viruses In The Air
- 13-year-old UK-based Nigerian makes British National Chinese competition final
- 15-year-old student wins UBA essay competition, receives N5 million scholarship
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Child Sexual Abuse
- ‘I’ve Aborted Thrice for my School Principal’, 14-Year-Old Student Tells Ondo Court
- 10-Year-Old Rape Victim bled Three Days After Incident – Witness
- 14-year-old Boy and 13-year-old Girlfriend Expecting their First Child Causes Buzz Online
- 14-yr-old girl raped by Landlord’s son in Lagos
- 16- Year- Old Boy Rapes Elder Brother’s Wife, Nine Others
- 40-yr-old man arrested for allegedly defiling minor inside mosque’s restroom
- 50-Year-Old Man Arrested for Defiling 14-Year-Old Minor Inside Mosque in Ogun
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Children and Family Support Service
- 13-yr-old boy sues UK parents for enrolling, abandoning him in boarding school in Africa
- Bill on National Youth Welfare Scheme Fund Scales Second Reading
- Children in West Africa are Often Sent to Live with Other Families to Help them get Ahead – but Fostering may be Doing the Opposite
- Nigeria, Ghana, 61 Other Countries Facing Food Poverty, Says UNICEF
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Children In Contact/ Conflict with the law
- ‘5 of the 125 Children Arraigned for Alleged Participation in the Recent Nation #EndBadGovernance Protests Collapse in Abuja Could.’
- 400-Level University Student Fakes Own Kidnap, Demands N50m Ransom From Parent
- Police operatives in Niger State have arrested a 19-year-old boy, Yakubu Tanko for allegedly killing his friend & dumping the body in a septic tank.
- SHOCKING BETRAYAL OF INNOCENCE: 28 Nigerian Teens (14-17) Thrown Behind Bars, Labeled ‘Terrorists’ for Alleged Participation in the Recent National Hunger Protests – Human Rights Watch Sounds Alarm!
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Digital Focus
- “Bill Gates in the making”: EFCC boss narrates encounter with 17-year-old hacker
- A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground
- Experts task parents to empower children with tech skills
- I wanted her to be a celebrity –Father arrested for filming four-year-old daughter in skimpy dresses
- inq.Nigeria to help girl-child bridge workplace digital gap
- Reps want children protected from internet abuse
- Sharenting in Nigeria: Balancing Digital Sharing and Children’s Privacy
- Domestic Violence
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Education
- “2024 NECO Internal Exam Timetable Unveiled!”
- “Fake and forged”: JAMB debunks viral UTME results on social media
- “Go Back Home”: Nigerian Students, Others Reportedly Deregistered by UK Universities Amid New Law
- “Make Una Help Me”: Man Who Promised Girl N10k If She Scored 240 Cries out over Her UTME Score
- “So fast”: Viral video shows school kids already singing the old national anthem
- “We’ve suspended the student”: Abuja school reacts to parents assault on teacher
- “We are Raising Funds for Students at Our Own End” – UI’SU President, Aweda Bolaji Says
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Emotional Abuse
- ASSU Strike: Children of Poor Idling, away at home, those of the Rich schooling, NLC Laments
- GIRL CHILD: Problems, prospects of girl-child education in Nigeria — Edugist
- I have been granted full access to my kids” – Buchi announces, thanks his in-laws
- Outrage over viral video of student being bullied in Abuja expensive school
- Protecting Nigerian Children From Schoolyard Bullying
- S.A.F.E for children society raises concerns over alleged bullying in Abuja school
- Student Sent Home From School For Reportedly Using Peter Obi’s Poster To Wrap Notebook
- Entertainment
- Family Finance
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Health matters
- ‘Help our babies’ – Actress Ruth Kadiri cries out over unavailability of vaccines in hospitals
- ‘Kids are dying’: Nigerian hospitals swamped with malnourished children
- ‘Nigerians risk oral diseases over shortage of dentists’
- ‘Solarised oxygen plant, newborn unit will reduce neonatal mortality rates’
- 1 million children in Nigeria die every year from diseases — Minister
- 1,000 women, children benefit from Air Force medical outreach in Borno
- 10,000 Nigerian children born with clubfoot yearly – NGO
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Humanitarian crisis
- 15m children face hunger over high food prices, says report
- BREAKING: Adamawa Confirms 42 Dead In Measles Outbreak, Shuts All Primary, Secondary Schools
- Bus carrying high school learners catches fire on the R80 Highway
- Children battling escalating malnutrition in North-East – UNICEF
- Children, women, others trap as 2-storey building collapses in Lagos
- Girls freed from Boko Haram in Nigeria face further detention and abuse by military, Amnesty report finds
- Large percentage of Oyo school children are malnourished
- Immigration
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Law/Policy
- “Sudden and tragic”: Nigerian boy stabbed to death in UK daylight sword attack
- 17-year-old transformer cable thief electrocuted in Ondo
- Abuja School Faces N500m Lawsuit as Bullied Student Demands Public Apology
- Child Rights Act
- Child Rights Law of Lagos State
- DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD 2023
- Domestic worker arrested for kidnapping baby
- Mental Health
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Missing Children
- Blind Mother’s Missing Kids Found in Lagos After 10-Month Search
- Boy Declared Missing 1 Month Ago Found In Abuja Church
- Missing 14-Year-Old Boy Found
- Missing Lagos Teenage Girl Found after PUNCH Report
- Please Come Back Home, Your Father Is Dead – Nigerian Man Pleads With His 15-year-old Cousin Who Ran Away From Home After Little Disagreement With Her Dad
- Urgent Search for Missing 14-Year-Old: Tobi’s Disappearance Sparks Concern
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Neglect
- 10 Children Injured As Explosion Rocks Kaduna Community
- 11m children suffering from acute malnutrition in Nigeria, says UNICEF
- 16-year-old student electrocuted on Abuja school premises
- 2-Year-Old Baby Dies After Falling From A School Building In Abia
- 3-year-old dies of starvation, parents arrested
- A decade since the Chibok abduction, more than 1,400 Nigerian students have been kidnapped
- Baby Passes Away from Allergies after Grandmother Feeds him Groundnut soup, Ignoring Warnings
- People and Culture
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Physical Abuse
- “Sudden and tragic”: Nigerian boy stabbed to death in UK daylight sword attack
- 12-year-old’s arms cut off by uncle over alleged phone theft; NBA demands justice
- 21 Released Chibok Girls Came With 34 Children –Report
- 32-year-old Woman Arrested For Child Maltreatment In Lagos
- 5 Months After, Abia Father Seeks Help Over 4 Missing Children
- 60 Women, Children Abducted in Zamfara Fresh Attack
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Research Pool
- 5 Incredible Facts About Breast Milk You Probably Didn’t Know
- Childcare service covers only 20% of children up to 3 years old
- Human trafficking in West Africa: three out of four victims are children says UNODC report
- Nigeria: Child Marriage Violates Girls’ Rights
- RipplesMetrics: How data shows challenges of children living in Nigeria
- Single dose typhoid conjugate vaccine provides lasting efficacy in children
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Special Needs
- ‘Autism has no cure, but sufferers can achieve self-care independence’
- ‘Parents must accept that one child is different from another’
- Autism schools seek govt support
- Autism: Pharmacist seeks use of Hovid DHA for proper brain dev’t of children
- Foundation calls for unified effort to support autistic children
- Foundation Unveils Campaign To Support Autistic Children
- Foundation, firm promote inclusion for children amputees
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Sports
- AFCON 2023: Grammy Winner Burna Boy Celebrates Super Eagles for Reaching Final
- Chukwuebuka Ezugha: The phenomenal force behind 18 Guinness World Records in freestyle football
- David Tolani Foundation presents 24 kids with Nike Basketball shoes from Lebron, Kyrie, & Steph Curry
- Greensprings Gives Sports Scholarship to Three Students
- LASG makes sports’ competition mandatory in schools
- SS 1 student to captain Golden Eaglets at WAFU B U-17 tourney
- Victor Osimhen: From Lagos streets to ‘new King of Africa’
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Strong room
- ‘Children first!’, Group demands protection for Yahaya Bello’s kids amid EFCC probe
- ‘Why parents should not ignore children in depression’
- 15 rights parents should teach children
- 150 Merry Christmas Messages, Wishes To Send To Family, Friends
- 18 pupils hospitalised after eating Osun free meal, govt begins probe.
- 5 countries in Africa that experience snowfall
- 5 Health Benefits Of Milk You Need To Know
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
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South Africa
- Domestic Violence
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Education
- 25 Bronkhorstspruit Primary School Pupils Taken to Hospital for Suspected Food Poisoning
- Cape Town and Cape Winelands Worst Affected by Teaching Job Cuts Amid Severe Budget Shortfall
- Death strikes high school TWICE!
- EDUCATION IN CRISIS PUPILS LEARN OUTSIDE IN FREEZING CONDITIONS
- Eight in 10 South African children struggle to read by age of 10
- Greenwood Park Primary School welcomes new principal who makes history
- Mpumalanga school principal fatally stabbed in house robbery
- Health Matters
- Neglect
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Strong Room
- Campaign chaos: Nine-year-old shot, several injured in Limpopo ANC-EFF clash [VIDEOS] | The Citizen
- CCTV footage shows robber stealing toddler’s ride-on car
- End of the road for ‘serial’ rapist!
- Family attack leaves man decapitated, woman and child severely injured
- Father could lose custody of children as he faces sentencing for spanking them
- In South Africa, a tragic bus crash resulted in the loss of 45 lives, leaving only an 8-year-old girl as the sole survivor
- No arrests yet in Eastern Cape shooting that killed 7, including 8-year-old
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Sudan
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Humanitarian Crisis
- About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people
- Africa: It Is Imperative to Protect Children in War
- More than two million children displaced by Sudan war: UNICEF
- Sudan War ‘A Living Nightmare for Children’ – Unicef Representative
- Sudan war ‘a living nightmare for children’: UNICEF Representative
- Sudan: Hundreds of Unaccompanied Sudanese Children in Chad Camps
- Sudan: Unicef Sudan – ‘Four Million Children Afflicted By Acute Malnutrition, 730,000 in Severe Condition’
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Humanitarian Crisis
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe